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Isaiah 10:1

Tragedy is coming to those who pass evil decrees and who write laws to harm people.

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In The King James Version

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

In Context

2They pervert the legal rights of the needy, and rob justice from the poor of my people. They steal from widows and cheat orphans.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:3Don't show favoritism to poor people in their legal cases either.

1 Kings 21:13Two bad men came and sat opposite him, and accused him in front of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the town and stoned him to death.

Psalms 58:2No, for in your minds you plan evil. You cause violence everywhere!

Isaiah 3:11But tragedy comes to the wicked, for what they did will be done to them.

Isaiah 5:11Tragedy is coming to you who get up early in the morning wanting a drink, and who stay up late drinking wine until you're drunk.

Isaiah 5:20Tragedy is coming to you who say evil is good, and good is evil; who turn darkness into light and light into darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:1

The prophet, in this chapter, is dealing, I. With the proud oppressors of his people at home, that abused their power, to pervert justice, whom he would reckon with for their tyranny, ver. 1-4 . II. With a threatening invader of his people from abroad, Sennacherib king of Assyria, concerning whom observe, 1. The commission given him to invade Judah, ver. 5, 6 . 2. His pride and insolence in the execution of that commission, ver. 7-11 , 13 , 14 . 3. A rebuke given to his haughtiness, and a threatening of his fall… Read the whole commentary →

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